Welcome to My Blog
Here is a basic blog layout with a right sidebarQuestions on Governor’s latest orders and your job (Covid-19 Update April 1, 2020)
On Monday evening, Governor Hogan issued a directive about sheltering-in-place. The directive has generated a number of questions among our members. We will try to answer the questions below. Why am I considered an essential employee now when I'm not considered one...
Essential Employee Bargaining
As a result of the declaration of emergency at the federal, state and local level in response to the containment of the spread of COVID-19 and the need to engage in social distancing, UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, along with the IAFF and FOP, met with Montgomery County...
Covid 19 Update March 20 2pm
As the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus continue to change, we continue to push on a day-by-day basis for all of your employers to suspend non-essential public health and safety services and place all other employees either in a telework or paid leave status....
Covid 19 Update
Your union staff is working diligently to negotiate and help promulgate safety protocols and procedures for you, our members. We are working with our respective employers – Montgomery County, M-NCPPC, HOC, PGCMLS, Cumberland City Police, ATHENA Consulting and Compass...
Foreign Language Program Exclusively for UFCW Members Only
Starting March 9, UFCW members will have access to a new foreign language program that provides even more value than our previous program. The program gives UFCW members access to online classes to learn Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, and over 70 other different...
UFCW Charity Foundation Scholarship Available Today
Apply starting Feb. 10, 2020, for the UFCW Charity Foundation Scholarship. A Better Life Through Your Union Every year the UFCW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM offers scholarships to UFCW members or their immediate family members who want to further their education and...
HOC 2020 Bargaining Team Applications Now Being Accepted
Apply today to be a part of the Housing Opportunities Commission's union bargaining team. In order to serve on the team, you must be a member of Local 1994 and you must be an employee at HOC. If you would like to be considered for the team, please complete, the form...
HOC Bargaining Surveys Available Now
Contract Negotiations for the Housing Opportunities Commission are scheduled to begin soon. Please submit a bargaining survey to help us determine the priorities at the bargaining table. Bargaining surveys are due no later than February 7.
Light Duty Review Committee
MCGEO and OHR are seeking a Light Duty Review Committee representative from the Department of Health and Human Services to serve on our Light Duty Review Committee. Light duty is defined as temporary work that is less vigorous and physical than the work the employee...
Montgomery County Member Benefit: The Total Rec Pass
Montgomery County is promoting the health and well being of its qualifying employees by encouraging participation in activities that can reduce stress and/or enhance fitness by offering the Total Rec Pass ... free! The Total Rec Pass is valid for one year and allows...
Welcome to My Blog
Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarQuestions on Governor’s latest orders and your job (Covid-19 Update April 1, 2020)
On Monday evening, Governor Hogan issued a directive about sheltering-in-place. The directive has generated a number of questions among our members. We will try to answer the questions below. Why am I considered an essential employee now when I'm not considered one...
Essential Employee Bargaining
As a result of the declaration of emergency at the federal, state and local level in response to the containment of the spread of COVID-19 and the need to engage in social distancing, UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, along with the IAFF and FOP, met with Montgomery County...
Covid 19 Update March 20 2pm
As the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus continue to change, we continue to push on a day-by-day basis for all of your employers to suspend non-essential public health and safety services and place all other employees either in a telework or paid leave status....
Covid 19 Update
Your union staff is working diligently to negotiate and help promulgate safety protocols and procedures for you, our members. We are working with our respective employers – Montgomery County, M-NCPPC, HOC, PGCMLS, Cumberland City Police, ATHENA Consulting and Compass...
Foreign Language Program Exclusively for UFCW Members Only
Starting March 9, UFCW members will have access to a new foreign language program that provides even more value than our previous program. The program gives UFCW members access to online classes to learn Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, and over 70 other different...
UFCW Charity Foundation Scholarship Available Today
Apply starting Feb. 10, 2020, for the UFCW Charity Foundation Scholarship. A Better Life Through Your Union Every year the UFCW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM offers scholarships to UFCW members or their immediate family members who want to further their education and...
HOC 2020 Bargaining Team Applications Now Being Accepted
Apply today to be a part of the Housing Opportunities Commission's union bargaining team. In order to serve on the team, you must be a member of Local 1994 and you must be an employee at HOC. If you would like to be considered for the team, please complete, the form...
HOC Bargaining Surveys Available Now
Contract Negotiations for the Housing Opportunities Commission are scheduled to begin soon. Please submit a bargaining survey to help us determine the priorities at the bargaining table. Bargaining surveys are due no later than February 7.
Light Duty Review Committee
MCGEO and OHR are seeking a Light Duty Review Committee representative from the Department of Health and Human Services to serve on our Light Duty Review Committee. Light duty is defined as temporary work that is less vigorous and physical than the work the employee...
Montgomery County Member Benefit: The Total Rec Pass
Montgomery County is promoting the health and well being of its qualifying employees by encouraging participation in activities that can reduce stress and/or enhance fitness by offering the Total Rec Pass ... free! The Total Rec Pass is valid for one year and allows...
Local 1994 joins Alcohol Beverage Services and County Executive’s Office in the Fight Against Blood Cancer
We are thrilled to announce that Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) and UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, in conjunction County Executive Marc Elrich, are supporting the Labor Against Cancer initiative, benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). During September and...
Montgomery County Bargaining Survey and Team Applications Available Now
Contract Negotiations for the next fiscal year begin in October. Montgomery County members are encouraged to complete a bargaining survey and to apply to be a part of the bargaining team. Tell the Union what is important to you and what is not so important. That way,...
“Optics” over Principles
Over the years, lots of Councilmembers have said “sacrifices” we’ve made are more than we should expect to bear. That sacrifices need to be shared. That hasn’t stopped them from continuing to abuse us, while taking home a 17 percent raise themselves. With the...
Memo to County Council re: UFCW Local 1994 FY20 Negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement
M E M O R A N D U M TO: Montgomery County Council FROM: Gino Renne, President/IVP DATE: April 30, 2019 RE: UFCW Local 1994 FY20 Negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement I would like to begin by...
Deadline Extended! Scholarship Opportunity for Local 1994 Members
THE MARTIN E. GEREL MEMORIAL UNION SCHOLARSHIP 2019 The law firm of ASHCRAFT & GEREL, LLP, has always valued their connection with the Washington, DC union movement. In recognition of this special relationship, the firm established a Union Scholarship Program more...
Statement of UFCW Local 1994 President Gino Renne on Harford County Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti
Statement of UFCW Local 1994 President Gino Renne on Harford County Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti: March 4, 2019 Since the era of Dr. King, Labor has always stood as a strong advocate for civil and human rights. We cannot allow bigotry to stand and when it tries to emerge...
UFCW Charity Foundation Scholarship Program
A better life through your union The UFCW Charity Foundation Scholarship Program Every year the UFCW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM offers scholarships to UFCW members or their immediate family members who want to further their education and demonstrate a commitment to their...
2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference
The AFL-CIO’s Civil, Human and Women’s Rights Department will host the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference, January 18–21, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC 20009.